July Wrap-Up

July Overview

Welcome to my July 2015 Wrap-Up. The biggest thing that happened in July was my graduation. I officially finished my Publishing Certificate program, and the school gave me this fancy pen. Now I just have to finish my master’s degree (and hopefully get an even fancier pen).

Books Read in July

I read 8 books in July. I don’t have reviews up for all of them yet, but I promise that they’re coming.

Notable American Women – Ben Marcus

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews

If You Find Me – Emily Murdoch

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales – Margaret Atwood

Severance – Robert Olen Butler

Brass Ankle Blues – Rachel Harper

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks – E. Lockhart

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed

Best Books of July

Here are my top three favorite books from last month.

3. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews

2. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed

1. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales – Margaret Atwood

Most Popular Reviews

Here are the most-viewed reviews I posted in July:

1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe –Benjamin Alire Sáenz

2. Ready Player One – Ernest Cline

3. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews

Most Popular Posts

The most-viewed non-reviews:

1. Discussion: Do You Read 100+ Books A Year? TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!

2. The Book Haul to End All Book Hauls (Part 4)

3. Top Ten Tuesday: Ultimate Fictional Book Nerds

Coming in August

I promise I will do that Liebster Award tag. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t write down the names of everybody who tagged me for it. I know that a lot of people tagged me, so I’ll see what I can do.

I’m working on discussion posts. I would like to post two this month instead of one, but we’ll see if that actually happens. They tend to take me forever to write.

The Book Haul to End All Book Hauls is coming to an end. I’m sad about this because I love showing you guys my ridiculous haul, but I have a stupid number of books on my TBR shelf. I won’t be buying more books until school forces me to. I have to start reading the ones I have because my TBR shelf is above my bed, and I’m slightly afraid that the books will fall on me while I’m sleeping and crush me to death. If I suddenly stop blogging, it means that the books have killed me. Send a dump truck to dig out my corpse.

I finally finished my review of the entire Dark Tower series. It’s full of spoilers, so go check it out if you’ve already read the books. I’d love to hear your opinions.

I’m still trying to get better at replying to comments. If you leave a comment on my blog, I’ll try really hard to leave one on yours.

Tentative August TBR

Here’s what I plan to read this month. Let me know if any of these are worth reading.

The Silver Linings Playbook – Matthew Quick

5 to 1 – Holly Bodger

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender – Leslye Walton

Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers – Judy Blume (Editor)

Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli

Magonia – Maria Dahvana Headley

The Silent Boy – Lois Lowry

The Wrath & The Dawn – Renée Adhieh

All The Things

All The Things = 36 books.

I’m currently reading The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton.